GRE Word List
ENDEMIC
belonging or native to a particular people or country
The meaning of the word endemic is belonging or native to a particular people or country.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| invalid | not valid: |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| inclined | having inclination, disposition, or tendency |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |